BlockMonkey Box, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. The Survey maps it on the Fisheating Bay quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Fisheating Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Monkey Box between 1993 and 2020, burning about 59,731 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) DEUCE (1443) |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG BEAR (22) |
| 7 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SPORTSMAN BOAT RAMP (22) |
| 18 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BRUSH PILE (22) |
| 8 June 2014 | Natural | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | DYNOMITE PASS (22) |
| 4 June 2007 | Natural | 200 acres | Florida Forest Service | (GL) MOONSHINE BAY II (746) |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) HARNEY POND (338) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeport | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sarasota Colony | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Centre | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Park | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Moore Haven | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Benbow | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty Point | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shawnee | 11.8 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Monkey Box | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6900710 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295460. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.